[Tex/LaTex] Problem using yfonts / gothic

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I'm using TexLive 2014, last update yesterday

tlmgr info yfonts gothic
package:     yfonts
installed:   Yes
cat-date:    2012-04-16 12:07:42 +0200

package:     gothic
installed:   Yes
cat-date:    2014-05-03 14:16:52 +0200

When I process this file (pdflatex/xelatexy)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{yfonts,color}
\begin{document}
\yinipar{\color{red}L}orem ipsum \ldots
\end{document}

it produces following error:

kpathsea: Running mktexmf yinitas
! I can't find file `yinitas'.

Has anybody succesfully used yfonts or gothic with a recent TL2014? I tried more examples from SE, but it seems that something changed since then.

Maybe I should rephrase the question: What steps do I have to take in order to use the beautiful gothic initials of Yannis Haralambous?

I do have:

find -iname '*yinit*'

./doc/fonts/gothic/yinit.pdf
./doc/fonts/gothic/README.yinit
./fonts/tfm/public/gothic/yinit.tfm
./fonts/source/public/gothic/yinitW.mf
./fonts/source/public/gothic/yinitZ.mf
./fonts/source/public/gothic/yinitT.mf
....

but reading README.yinit does not really help me.

Best Answer

Based on a hint of Ulrike Fischer on c.t.t I found the following solution:

Step 1: download (and unzip) yinit-as.zip from CTAN. It contains:

yinit-as/
 yinit-as/initials.sty
 yinit-as/yinitas.txt
 yinit-as/README
 yinit-as/yinitas.tfm
 yinit-as/yinitas.mf

Step 2: put the files where tex can find them (e.g in ~/texmf or .../texmf-local)

md .../texmf-local/fonts/tfm/yinit-as
cp yinit-as/yinitas.tfm .../texmf-local/fonts/tfm/yinit-as
md .../texmf-local/fonts/source/yinit-as
cp yinit-as/yinitas.mf .../texmf-local/fonts/source/yinit-as
md .../texmf-local/doc/yinit-as
cp yinit-as/{README,yinitas.txt} .../texmf-local/doc/yinit-as
md .../texmf-local/tex/latex/yinit-as
cp yinit-as/initials.sty .../texmf-local/tex/latex/yinit-as

Don't forget to run

mktexlsr

to update your search database

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To change the point size as per egreg's comments try this.

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\usepackage{yfonts, graphicx}
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\usepackage{lettrine}
\begin{document}
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